Rachel Cole, 95, of Brookings, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at the Brookview Manor. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30am, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings, SD. Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, Monday, August 1, 2011 at Rude's Funeral Home in Brookings, SD, with a Liturgical Wake Service beginning at 6:30pm.
Rachel K. Barber was born on September 28, 1915 near Tyndall, SD to Samuel and Adelaide (Hughes) Barber. She attended rural schools and was a graduate of the Tyndall High School class of 1932. She continued her education at the University of Missouri and South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. She was united in marriage to Vitalis I. Cole on May 10, 1941 in Tyndall. After their marriage she lived with her family on or near military installations in Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Alaska, and Brookings, SD. She was employed several years by the Bon Homme County Extension Service and the ASCS office during WWII. She was a farmer field woman demonstrating and assisting with victory gardens and rationing programs. She was a 4-H Club leader for more than twenty-five years and was honored as a Friend of 4-H. She continued to provide awards for special foods winners. She also was a Girl Scout leader and organized and supervised a teen club for three years in Fairbanks, Alaska.
She was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and was active as a Sunday school teacher for many years as well as a 60 year member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. She was also a member of the Local John Kerr Chapter of the DAR, the Retired Teachers, Brookings County Historical Society and several bridge clubs. She especially enjoyed playing bridge, gourmet cooking, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children Kathryn (Louis) Quinones, of Riverdale, New York, Carroll (Richard) Sens-Castet, of Brooklyn, New York. Eleanor (Randall) Roth, of New London, MN, Christopher (Jane Ann) Cole, of Ashburn, VA; six grandchildren, one great granddaughter and her sister, Mary (Dr. Lloyd) Scheffel, of Mt. Prospect, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vic, her sister, Hazel and her brother, John.
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Rachel K. Barber was born on September 28, 1915 near Tyndall, SD to Samuel and Adelaide (Hughes) Barber. She attended rural schools and was a graduate of the Tyndall High School class of 1932. She continued her education at the University of Missouri and South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. She was united in marriage to Vitalis I. Cole on May 10, 1941 in Tyndall. After their marriage she lived with her family on or near military installations in Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Alaska, and Brookings, SD. She was employed several years by the Bon Homme County Extension Service and the ASCS office during WWII. She was a farmer field woman demonstrating and assisting with victory gardens and rationing programs. She was a 4-H Club leader for more than twenty-five years and was honored as a Friend of 4-H. She continued to provide awards for special foods winners. She also was a Girl Scout leader and organized and supervised a teen club for three years in Fairbanks, Alaska.
She was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and was active as a Sunday school teacher for many years as well as a 60 year member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. She was also a member of the Local John Kerr Chapter of the DAR, the Retired Teachers, Brookings County Historical Society and several bridge clubs. She especially enjoyed playing bridge, gourmet cooking, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children Kathryn (Louis) Quinones, of Riverdale, New York, Carroll (Richard) Sens-Castet, of Brooklyn, New York. Eleanor (Randall) Roth, of New London, MN, Christopher (Jane Ann) Cole, of Ashburn, VA; six grandchildren, one great granddaughter and her sister, Mary (Dr. Lloyd) Scheffel, of Mt. Prospect, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vic, her sister, Hazel and her brother, John.
See picture at: http://rudesfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=422790
Rachel Cole, 95, of Brookings, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at the Brookview Manor. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30am, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings, SD. Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, Monday, August 1, 2011 at Rude's Funeral Home in Brookings, SD, with a Liturgical Wake Service beginning at 6:30pm.
Rachel K. Barber was born on September 28, 1915 near Tyndall, SD to Samuel and Adelaide (Hughes) Barber. She attended rural schools and was a graduate of the Tyndall High School class of 1932. She continued her education at the University of Missouri and South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. She was united in marriage to Vitalis I. Cole on May 10, 1941 in Tyndall. After their marriage she lived with her family on or near military installations in Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Alaska, and Brookings, SD. She was employed several years by the Bon Homme County Extension Service and the ASCS office during WWII. She was a farmer field woman demonstrating and assisting with victory gardens and rationing programs. She was a 4-H Club leader for more than twenty-five years and was honored as a Friend of 4-H. She continued to provide awards for special foods winners. She also was a Girl Scout leader and organized and supervised a teen club for three years in Fairbanks, Alaska.
She was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and was active as a Sunday school teacher for many years as well as a 60 year member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. She was also a member of the Local John Kerr Chapter of the DAR, the Retired Teachers, Brookings County Historical Society and several bridge clubs. She especially enjoyed playing bridge, gourmet cooking, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children Kathryn (Louis) Quinones, of Riverdale, New York, Carroll (Richard) Sens-Castet, of Brooklyn, New York. Eleanor (Randall) Roth, of New London, MN, Christopher (Jane Ann) Cole, of Ashburn, VA; six grandchildren, one great granddaughter and her sister, Mary (Dr. Lloyd) Scheffel, of Mt. Prospect, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vic, her sister, Hazel and her brother, John.
See picture at: http://rudesfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=422790
Rachel K. Barber was born on September 28, 1915 near Tyndall, SD to Samuel and Adelaide (Hughes) Barber. She attended rural schools and was a graduate of the Tyndall High School class of 1932. She continued her education at the University of Missouri and South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. She was united in marriage to Vitalis I. Cole on May 10, 1941 in Tyndall. After their marriage she lived with her family on or near military installations in Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Alaska, and Brookings, SD. She was employed several years by the Bon Homme County Extension Service and the ASCS office during WWII. She was a farmer field woman demonstrating and assisting with victory gardens and rationing programs. She was a 4-H Club leader for more than twenty-five years and was honored as a Friend of 4-H. She continued to provide awards for special foods winners. She also was a Girl Scout leader and organized and supervised a teen club for three years in Fairbanks, Alaska.
She was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and was active as a Sunday school teacher for many years as well as a 60 year member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. She was also a member of the Local John Kerr Chapter of the DAR, the Retired Teachers, Brookings County Historical Society and several bridge clubs. She especially enjoyed playing bridge, gourmet cooking, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children Kathryn (Louis) Quinones, of Riverdale, New York, Carroll (Richard) Sens-Castet, of Brooklyn, New York. Eleanor (Randall) Roth, of New London, MN, Christopher (Jane Ann) Cole, of Ashburn, VA; six grandchildren, one great granddaughter and her sister, Mary (Dr. Lloyd) Scheffel, of Mt. Prospect, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vic, her sister, Hazel and her brother, John.
See picture at: http://rudesfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=422790
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